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The album received widespread critical acclaim. It was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album, hailed the Best Album of 2013 by NME magazine, and featured at number 449 on NME’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Commercially, AM has become Arctic Monkeys' most successful album to date, topping charts in several countries, and reaching top 10 positions in many more. In the United Kingdom, Arctic Monkeys broke a record with AM, becoming the first independent-label band to debut at number one in the UK with their first five albums.